In this Adobe Photoshop tutorial we will learn how to create blood splatter texture from scratch using filters. The result is a pretty realistic bloody texture effect that can be easily customized using different settings for the smart filters. Starting from this texture you can create your own seamless blood texture; learn how to do it from these tutorials for beginners.

In this tutorial you will learn how to create a vampire blood text effect in Photoshop inspired by Dracula, the famous Romanian vampire. We will create this creepy text effect using a horror background with fire effects and a dripping blood layer style.

This month I am posting mainly Photoshop tutorials and resources for Halloween. So in this brand new tutorial I will try to create a bloody text effect that I hope you will enjoy. Apart from the blood effect I have also added a creepy eye to make the text look more dark and horror. If you want you can add other face and body features like mouth, fingers, etc. I am curious to see your great results inspired by this Halloween tutorial.

This collection contains over 50 blood texture that you can use in your designs. There are all sort of bloody textures in this list so it is a
really useful collection perfect for the upcoming Halloween. You can find here blood stain, blood splatter, dripping blood, abstract blood with veins, blood hand and fingerprint and lots of other horror bloody textures. What is really scary is that some of these textures are made with real blood. You can use these horror textures to create grunge blood backgrounds for example or you can add them in any work that need some realistic blood stains.

I am not really a fan of dark art but there are many art work that I really like, art works that are not that scary! In today's list I have gathered some horror Photoshop brushes that I consider useful for anyone that enjoys this style. You can find blood, scars, stitches, wounds, skulls and other morbid elements.
If you like these horror brushes please share it. And if you use it I will be more than happy to see the work, so drop a link in the comment section. And don't forget to take a look at these amazing blood textures.

The 2013 Halloween is just around the corner so I just wanted to give you some inspiration material for creating this year dark photo manipulations. This list contains some of the best Halloween Photoshop tutorials for creating different horror effects like zombie, vampire, witch, ghost and so on. You will see a lot of blood and other macabre elements that will help you create creepy effects.

Get ready for this year Halloween with these free Photoshop layer styles. The PSD file contains 4 Halloween Photoshop text effects: ghost, blood, zombie and pumpkin. The layer styles are fully editable so you can add text, shapes and create Halloween greeting cards, party flyers, etc.

Learn how to make a spooky pumpkin 3D typography in Photoshop for the upcoming Halloween celebration. We'll use a 3D text mockup just to make things easier. You can use the same 3D text mockup to create other creepy text effects like zombie, blood, ghost and so on. All you have to do is to change the colors and adjust the layer styles. Add some Halloween symbols around the pumpkin text and you have a cool Photoshop text effect.

Time for another great Photoshop lesson written by our friend Milos Karanovic. In this tutorial you will learn how to create an emotional photo manipulation using advanced blending techniques, adjustments and filters. For some settings you need CS6 which is the newest Photoshop version. But don't worry, you can easily adapt the settings to older Photoshop versions.
To create the feeling of being lost, of abandonment, of love betrayal and so on, many elements were added. For example the red rose, the blood stains and last but not least the sad lady that steps into another dimension, a cold empty place.

Stain brushes are extremely useful for any digital artist. Photoshop stains can be used to add realistic stains on different surfaces like paper, wall, floor etc. But the stains Photoshop brushes can be used in more artistic ways to give a grungy effect to an illustration for example.
The most commonly used are the coffee stain brushes, the tea stain brushes and the blood stain brushes. I have tried to gather lots of different brushes so that you find your right stain brush here.